Belgium: EU Commission unveils plan to reduce emissions 55 percent by 2030

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W/S European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice President of European Commission Frans Timmermans, European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean, and other officials approaching podium, Brussels *NO SOUND AT SOURCE*

SOT, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president: “The over all arching goal was, and of course is, to make Europe the very first climate neutral continent in the world and to build a new growth strategy to get there.”

SOT, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president: “The climate transition will be accompanied by a social climate fund. This fund will support income, and it will support investments to tackle energy poverty and to cut bills for vulnerable households and small businesses.”

SOT, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president: “And we know that we have to move on to a new model, one that is powered by innovation, that has clean energy, that is moving towards the circular economy. And this is why we set out to make the climate goal, not only a political aspiration, but also a legal obligation.”

SOT, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president: “Europe has always been the continent of scientists and innovators. And we cannot always compete with the sheer size of our competitors, or for example, the amount of natural resources they have. But we can rely on the most precious renewable resource in the world, and this is our ideas, our ingenuity, our innovative power of our people.”

SOT, Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president: “And it also shows the value that this transformation will generate and how public and private investment can and will, of course, work together to make it a reality.”

SOT, Frans Timmermans, Vice president of European Commission: “That is it - time is out of joint because humanity no longer lives within planetary boundaries. We were born to contribute to set it right. That is to help humanity learn to live within planetary boundaries.”

SOT, Frans Timmermans, Vice president of European Commission: “Anyone who wants to deny the urgency of the climate crisis should look again. We certainly do not have the luxury of denying it. And as the president said, sometimes will say ‘Wow, take it easy,’ ‘Not that much,’ ‘It is difficult’, ‘It is hard’. Yes it is difficult, yes, it is hard, but it is also an obligation. Because if we would renounce our obligation to help humanity live within planetary boundaries, we would fail. Not just ourselves, but we would fail our children and our grandchildren.”

SOT, Frans Timmermans, Vice president of European Commission: “But these efforts are very concrete, they have to do two things at the same time, put a price on carbon and to put a premium on decarbonising.”

SOT, Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of European Commission: “If we get to minus 55 in 2030 and climate neutrality in 2050, humanity has a fighting chance, because the rest of the world is watching us, following us and is really looking towards us for the best example.”

SOT, Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport: “Transport is today a source of 29 percent of the EU total greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050 we need to cut by 90 percent. As we speak, sustainable, alternative fuels in aviation account for less than zero point one percent of total jet fuel consumption. Our goal is to go up to five percent in 2030.”

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